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How-to: get your beauty to go the distance

Updated:12 Dec 2013 9:54 PM |
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bh's Cherie Herrmann

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These nifty products will make your efforts last a whole lot longer.

Sick of putting in a bucket load of effort when it comes to your beauty routine, only to find, say, your faux tan faded after two days and your poker-straight strands looking fuzzy within 29.07 seconds? We hear you, beauties.

In an effort to give you all brilliant and lengthy beauty results, we’ve rounded up a handful of products that’ll not only make your dollar go further, but leave you looking/smelling/feeling grand for a whole lot longer than you ever expected…

To make your smoky eye stay-put… put in the hard yards before you even reach for that eye shadow palette and first apply an eye shadow primer like Mahya Mineral Make Up Eye Primer first. This little wonder is flesh-toned and will prevent any fallout or creasing. Bonus: it also moonlights as a concealer.

To preserve your faux tan for more than a week… give your body a good cleanse using a tan-friendly body wash like Naked Tan Body Cleanser. This glorious invention washes off all the dirt and grim you’ve collected over the day, but won’t touch your tan. (See, I told you it was glorious.)

To amp up your wrinkle-fighting skin care regime… whip out the Omnilux new-U. This snazzy handheld device is rather nifty at reducing wrinkles such as crow’s feet, while also targeting skin tone, texture and clarity. Hello, youthful face.

To stop your foundation from sliding off your face… reach for a make-up setting mist like ModelCo BEAUTY FIX AIRBRUSH FACE. Doing so will make your make-up to last all day. And you can , and also expect fresh, glowy skin if you’re using this specific gem – it prides itself on giving a luminous finish.

To keep your super-straight strands silky smooth… seal in all your hard hair styling work with a humidity-blocking spray like Indola Innova Finish Flexible Spray, which blocks humidity. Water zaps your hair of any hold and volume, so it’s important to prevent any moisture from ruinning your ‘do from the get-go.

To extend that smooth-feet feeling after a pedicure… apply a product like Dermadrate Cracked Heel Treatment to your heels once a day following your salon visit. Super-moisturising, this cream will soothe and protect your feet, while the addition of menthol and peppermint leaves your footsies feeling might fresh.

Have you tried any of these go-the-distance products? Do you use any particular loot to make your beauty efforts last longer?

I have a little mantra for keeping my makeup lasting all day.....it's called "the three p's.....prime,powder,proper brushes" .A primer for the face,eyes and lips is a must to stop your work of art fading into oblivion,powder sets it all in place (and is a great base over the primer for extra hold ) and proper brushes (not the "brushes "you get in your compacts ) are the tools essential to apply products professionally and keeps make up on longer ( i swear )

The Caron Medi paste is brilliant. It zaps the redness right out of your legs and also helps to stop ingrown hairs. I use it after epilating. I'm really like the sounds of the Indola Innova Finish Flexible Spray